Asia

• 25 June 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishops' annual assembly agenda: Martyrs Beatification Mass, commitment for pace, Year of St Paul initiatives Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Putting the finishing touches to the Beatification of 188 Japanese Catholic Martyrs to take place on 24 November in Nagasaki; discussing initiatives to promote “Justice and Peace” to mark 60 ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Thirty priests celebrating their 10th anniversary of priesthood take part in the “Annual Formation Course,” which includes a visit to the Diocese of Macao Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Improve the quality of priests, promote pastoral work, opening oneself to a perspective of pastoral care and evangelization at the service of the Church and society: these were the obje ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Local authorities announce the reconstruction of the old church in Bai Lu, built by Foreign Missions Priests of Paris 100 years ago and later destroyed by the earthquake in 8-seconds’ time Peng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – According to the official government site of China, Xinhuanet, the Supervisory Department for Archeological Sites in Si Chuan has announced that it “will reconstruct (on the original site) ...
• 24 June 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - More fighting and victims in the North: the Church renews her appeal for an end to the violence Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – While the North of the country continues to face conflict and fighting, resulting in numerous victims, the Church in Sri Lanka is once again calling for an end to the hostility and for reconci ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines; the Church’s aid efforts Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The victims’ toll for Typhoon Fengshen, that recently hit the western coast of the Philippines, continues to rise. There are over 1,000 dead, over 500 missing, and 65,000 have fled their home ...
• 23 June 2008
  ASIA - Corruption is the continent’s “worst evil”: a Report from the United Nations Human Development Program Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Corruption, on all levels of society, is an extremely wide-spread evil on the Asian continent and forms the root and primary cause of the poverty in which millions of people live. Effectively ...
• 20 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Wherever His Love is, there also is the Lord Himself”: the diary of Sr. Ji, written in the tent where she worked among the earthquake victims of Sichuan Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “We are Catholic religious, from various religious congregations from the different dioceses and provinces.” This was the response given by Sister Ji Yong-Jing, of the Congregation ...
• 20 June 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - June 22: the Church celebrates the Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Unity of the Korean People Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Constant prayer and an increase in humanitarian aid: along these lines the Church in South Korea hopes to enter into a more fraternal relationship with North Korea, as it struggles to face hunge ...
• 20 June 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - “In an atmosphere of ecumenism and dialogue, the Church in Turkey will open the Pauline Year, on June 21”: Agenzia Fides talks with the Secretary of the Turkish Catholic Bishops’ Conference Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – “The climate that is felt with the upcoming opening of the Pauline Year in Turkey is positive. We are cautiously optimistic...We hope that is will be an opportunity for living the Christian ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Yu Ci (now Jin Zhong) celebrates the ordination of a priest and a deacon Yu Chi (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly one thousand faithful of the Diocese of Yu Chi (now Jin Zhong) of the Province of Shan Xin, in Continental China, joined in the joyful celebration in honor of their new priest, Fr. Peter ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic Lay Association launches a new internet site to celebrate its 50th anniversary of foundation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Lay Association of the Diocese of Hong Kong has launched a new website celebrating its 50th anniversary of foundation. According to a report from Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese versio ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church in India making a film on the life of Saint Thomas the Apostle Madras (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Thomas the Apostle, the one who first brought the seeds of the Gospel to the Indian subcontinent, will be the main character in an upcoming film being put out by the Catholic Church in In ...
• 19 June 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A chapel and monument dedicated to John Paul II are erected in commemoration of his visit to Timor Dili (Agenzia Fides) – On the site where Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass with crowds of young people of East Timor, on October 12, 1989, bringing them a message of joy and hope, today there now stand a chapel and sta ...
• 18 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Second Course for Catechists, sponsored by the Seminary in central Mongolia Hu He Hao Te (Agenzia Fides) – 45 catechists from 5 dioceses of the province of central Mongolia will take part in the second Course for Catechists, promoted and organized by the central Mongolian Seminary, which began ...
• 18 June 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Diocese of Kao Hsiung prepares for the Pauline Year Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – The inauguration of the Pauline Year will be characterized by indigenous elements in paying homage to the Apostle of the Gentiles, the great missionary: Saint Paul. According to a report fr ...